advice please... preschool and potty training

Hi everyone. I need some advice about potty training. My daughter turned 2 in June and that's when we began potty training (going straight to big girl panties). Well she did really good with potty training (down to like 1accident a week if that) and started preschool in September. Since starting preschool she started having wet underwear, and 2 to 5 accidents a week. Well this weekend we went completely backwards and she didn't potty at all. We started to get back on track yesterday with only having wet underwear a couple of times. Well at preschool today she had 3 accidents with the 3 hours she was there. They told me they needed me to start putting her in pull-ups. I feel that they aren't really helping with potty training and are even the reason for the back slide. Should I just take her out of preschool (I only put her in for socialization reasons and it's only 6 hours a week) or should I send her there in pull ups? I just am scared pull up are going backwards now. Sorry for the long post and thanks for the help.

Hi everyone. I need some advice about potty training. My daughter turned 2 in June and that's when we began potty training (going straight to big girl panties). Well she did really good with potty training (down to like 1accident a week if that) and started preschool in September. Since starting preschool she started having wet underwear, and 2 to 5 accidents a week. Well this weekend we went completely backwards and she didn't potty at all. We started to get back on track yesterday with only having wet underwear a couple of times. Well at preschool today she had 3 accidents with the 3 hours she was there. They told me they needed me to start putting her in pull-ups. I feel that they aren't really helping with potty training and are even the reason for the back slide. Should I just take her out of preschool (I only put her in for socialization reasons and it's only 6 hours a week) or should I send her there in pull ups? I just am scared pull up are going backwards now. Sorry for the long post and thanks for the help.

She is probably too distracted playing at preschool. I personally wouldn't go to pull ups but I hate them. I know my son I had issues going potty in some places because a fan would turn on when you turned the light on so he would rather go on himself then in a scary room. You could probably see if there is something scaring her to go to the bathroom there.

She is probably too distracted playing at preschool. I personally wouldn't go to pull ups but I hate them. I know my son I had issues going potty in some places because a fan would turn on when you turned the light on so he would rather go on himself then in a scary room. You could probably see if there is something scaring her to go to the bathroom there.

I used to be in charge of potty training 2yos at a preschool and the biggest issue I had was being unable to take kids promptly to the bathroom either bc I was taking another kid when they suddenly had to go, or bc I had to wait for other staff to replace me in the classroom. So based on that it might be an issue of not enough personal attention just bc there are lots of other kiddos. I agree that they seem to get pretty distracted playing too! :) aww, I miss my little potty buddies! Lol. IMO socialization is more important than staying on track potty training. I would do the pull ups so she can have fun at school and focus on potty training at home? Gl!

I used to be in charge of potty training 2yos at a preschool and the biggest issue I had was being unable to take kids promptly to the bathroom either bc I was taking another kid when they suddenly had to go, or bc I had to wait for other staff to replace me in the classroom. So based on that it might be an issue of not enough personal attention just bc there are lots of other kiddos. I agree that they seem to get pretty distracted playing too! :) aww, I miss my little potty buddies! Lol. IMO socialization is more important than staying on track potty training. I would do the pull ups so she can have fun at school and focus on potty training at home? Gl!

I worked at a day care and it happened a lot with new kids because they were too distracted from playing or because of the new environment and routine. Once they felt comfortable with the teachers/school/students they usually got back on track. There's only so much a teacher can do to help with potty training since they have other children and finding teacher relief to change all of the clothing and proper sanitation is a long process and she would have probably had an accident even if they were routinely going to the bathroom. We've asked parents to switch to pull ups and once we noticed they were back on track they were welcome to place them in underwear again.

I worked at a day care and it happened a lot with new kids because they were too distracted from playing or because of the new environment and routine. Once they felt comfortable with the teachers/school/students they usually got back on track. There's only so much a teacher can do to help with potty training since they have other children and finding teacher relief to change all of the clothing and proper sanitation is a long process and she would have probably had an accident even if they were routinely going to the bathroom. We've asked parents to switch to pull ups and once we noticed they were back on track they were welcome to place them in underwear again.

I don't think you should pull her out of preschool. Sometimes kids backslide with potty training, it's not always forward progress even if they don't go to preschool. It wouldn't hurt to send her there in pullups. PP said that she is probably just so preoccupied and busy at preschool to stop and think about going to the potty and I agree. Plus, preschool is a new and big change for her and they always say not to try to potty train if you have any big changes coming up like a new baby, a house move, or doing something like starting daycare so that all focus and energy can be on the potty training. I think it's normal that she has backslid a bit. On the other hand, maybe have a discussion with the preschool about how often they take her to the potty while she is there and see if they can take her once per hour or at least twice while she is there just to try to minimize the amount of accidents if possible. She will learn to go on the potty, it just might take a little longer. She's still pretty young.

I don't think you should pull her out of preschool. Sometimes kids backslide with potty training, it's not always forward progress even if they don't go to preschool. It wouldn't hurt to send her there in pullups. PP said that she is probably just so preoccupied and busy at preschool to stop and think about going to the potty and I agree. Plus, preschool is a new and big change for her and they always say not to try to potty train if you have any big changes coming up like a new baby, a house move, or doing something like starting daycare so that all focus and energy can be on the potty training. I think it's normal that she has backslid a bit. On the other hand, maybe have a discussion with the preschool about how often they take her to the potty while she is there and see if they can take her once per hour or at least twice while she is there just to try to minimize the amount of accidents if possible. She will learn to go on the potty, it just might take a little longer. She's still pretty young.

Ok so my son is 3 we have been working on the potty thing for awhile now we where doing good then he started preschool and he backslide but he is just so busy playing I find if we have friends over he will have accidents because of being to busy playing and I also started making him use the potty at the preschool when I drop him off and pick him up so that he gets use to the potty there and the flushing of the toilet there he has said it's scary but we still continue to use it so he gets use to it and we have had less accidents at school

Ok so my son is 3 we have been working on the potty thing for awhile now we where doing good then he started preschool and he backslide but he is just so busy playing I find if we have friends over he will have accidents because of being to busy playing and I also started making him use the potty at the preschool when I drop him off and pick him up so that he gets use to the potty there and the flushing of the toilet there he has said it's scary but we still continue to use it so he gets use to it and we have had less accidents at school

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